Spring 2020

Schedule

Summer 2017 office hour is Wednesdays from 12n to 1p or by appointment as needed. Instructor is providing clinical sessions off campus at 10 of the Radiologic Technology clinical sites and is available 3 rotating days per week for the summer session. Students can make on-campus or phone appointments by emailing jrobertson@santarosa.edu.

Education

B.S. Degree in Organizational Behavior: University of San Francisco

A.S. Degree in Radiologic Technology: Foothill College

Certificate in Radiologic Technology: Peninsula Hospital and Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology

Lifetime Community College Instructor's Credential in Health and Physical Care Services and Related Technologies

Licensed by the State of California Department of Health Services as a Certified Radiologic Technologist

Licensed by the State of California Department of Health Services as a Registered Fluoroscopist

Licensed by the State of California Department of Health Services as a Registered Mammographer

Registered Radiographer in the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists

Registered Mammographer in the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists

Academic Experience:

Santa Rosa Junior College (1989 to present): Faculty member and Clinical Coordinator in the Radiologic Technology Program; Consultant/Coordinator in Contract Education Special Projects; Work Experience Instructor

Western Institute of Science & Health: Program Director and educational consultant, M.R.I. Technologist Program (2/02 to 7/03)

Samuel Merritt College: Faculty member and educational consultant for the B.S. Degree Program in Health and Human Sciences (1997 to 1999)

Foothill College: Program Director/Faculty member/Clinical Coordinator in the Radiologic Technology Program (1976-1989)

Mills-Peninsula Medical Center School of Diagnostic Imaging: Program Director and Instructor in the School of Radiologic Technology (1973-1976)

Bio

Work and Consulting Experience:

Joanne Robertson is a Radiologic Technologist, mammographer, and certified fluoroscopist and has been working in the field of medical imaging for over 30 years. She is currently also an educator and owns a long-standing medical imaging consulting business, developing imaging training programs and serving as a consultant & project manager for medical imaging departments and educational institutions.

Joanne has served as an administrator and program director throughout the Greater SF Bay Area, Silicon Valley, and greater Sacramento regions. Experienced as a faculty member for six Radiologic Technology and M.R.I. programs within Northern California, she has worked in both the public and private sectors. She has held positions as an Executive Director and a Program Director in three Radiologic Technology programs and in two Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologist programs. She is an experienced radiographer and mammographer and has worked as an ultrasound technologist.

In addition to her faculty position at SRJC, Ms. Robertson served as the Founder and Executive Director of the Radiologic Technology Program for the Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts for eight years, where she created the R.T. program for its Concord campus and obtained both initial and continuing national (JRCERT) and State of California Department of Public Health accreditations as both a radiography school and a fluoroscopy school. This private academy has four schools in northern and central California and offers programs in ultrasonography, MRI, radiologic technology, nursing, phlebotomy, medical assisting, and psychiatric technician.

In addition, Ms. Robertson has had extensive experience as an administrator in health care facilities and educational institutions and holds a B.S. degree in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco. She has worked as a consultant in education, training, continuing education, and management for numerous clients throughout northern California. In addition, she developed a quality improvement teleconference program for businesses through SRJC's Contract Education Department and coordinated a program for healthcare workforce training and development to serve Sonoma County.

Ms. Robertson also developed the curriculum and created an MRI Program for radiographers for Mills-Peninsula Health Services (part of Sutter Medical) in Burlingame, CA in 2006, where the program successfully continues today.

Ms. Robertson has served as a member of the faculty for the Samuel Merritt College B.S. Degree Program in the Health and Human Sciences. She also worked as a consultant in the development of this program and its curriculum. Samuel Merritt College is a private educational institution and has had a long history for providing both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in various areas of allied health.

Ms. Robertson has been the Program Director for the Western Institute of Science & Health M.R.I. Technologist Program and served as a consultant in the program's curriculum development.

Since 1990, Ms. Robertson has been the owner of a consulting practice and has continuously provided management and professional training, continuing education and educational program development services for health care organizations, medical imaging schools, and businesses.